LAND OF SAUD: Kingdom Christened

Morally straight as a sceptre, physically supple and strong as a beast
of prey is the mightiest man in the Middle East, King Ibn Saud. Last
week he changed the name of his realm which has been "The Kingdom of
the Hejaz and Nejd and Its Dependencies." Renaming this huge desert
hodgepodge partly after himself, tall, frowning Ibn Saud christened it
"The

Arabian Saudian Kingdom." Next he ordered suitable observances (but no
unseemly rejoicing) in his twin capitals: Riyadh, where he was born,
and Mecca, where Mohammed was born.